Milk-strainer.



S. Re WHITEHEAD. MILK STBAINER APPLIGATION FILED OUT. 23, 1908.

Patented Mar. 16, 19%

m R Z w 0 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN R. WHITEHEAD, OF OVERTON, NEVADA.

MILK-STRAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent. PatentedMareh 16, 1909.

Application filed October 23, 1908. Serial No. 459,149.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN R. WHITE:- HEAD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Overton, in the county of Lincoln and State of Nevada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Milk-Strainers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to milk strainers, the object in view being to provide a liquid containing vessel having means whereby the contents of the vessel may" be strained, the chief aim of the invention being to provide a removable straining element capable of easy application and removal to enable the straining element to be easily cleansed and when worn out or ineffective as a strainer'to be replaced'by a new one.

A further object of the invention is to arrange'the straining element in such relation to the body of the strainer that it will be effectively protected and guarded against injury and the accumulation, of deleterious substances about the same, thus rendering the'same sanitary.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts herein fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical diametrical section through a milk strainer constructedin accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

1 designates the body of the strainer which, while shown of inverted frusto-conical form, may of course, be of any desirable shape suitable to receive and hold the desired quantity of milk or other liquid to be strained. The vessel embodies a flat bottom 2 which is provided'with a central aperture 3, the body of the" vessel being also provided with a downwardly extending bottom flange or chime 4 u on which the receptacle or vessel rests and w ich is also adapted to fit upon an underlying receptacle adapted to receive the liquid as it is discharged from thestrainer.

The central aperture is surrounded and inclosed by a downwardly extending tubular nozzle 5 which is threaded-as shown at 6 to receive a threaded sleeve or cap 7 adapted to screw upon the nozzle from theunder side as observer shown in Fig. 1. The threads of the nozzle 5 and sleeve or cap 7 may be formed by corrugating or crimping said parts spirally as clearly indicated in Fig; 1 thus materially cheapening the cost of construction.

'T he threaded sleeve or cap 7 has the lower end thereof closed by a section of gauze or other suitable straining material as shown at' 8, said gauze strainer being permanently secured along its marginal edge-to the sleeve or ca' which, for the purpose, finay be pro videc at the bottom with an intu'rned annu Y lar flange 9 to form a support for the maras a whole to rest upon a table or other support withoutthe straining gauze coming in contact with the supporting surface. It is intended to provide each device with several additional straining sleeves or caps 7 which are interchangeable thereby adding materially to the life and efliciency of the device as a whole without adding materially to the ex ense to the consumer.

claim A strainer comprising an upwardly flaring liquid receptacle'provided with a flat centrally apertured bottom, a threaded nozzle projecting downward from the .apertured bottom and embracing the aperture therein, an integral downwardly flaring chime encircling said nozzle and extending below the plane of the bottom of the nozzle, and a threaded and removable cap screwed upon said nozzle and closed at its lower end by strainer gauze, the bottom being located above the plane of the bottom edge of the chime, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STEPHEN R. WHITEHEAD.

Witnesses:

GEO. E. PERKINS. BERT THOMAS. 

